Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia by Theodore R Weeks

Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia by Theodore R Weeks

Taking a look at the diverse nationalities inhabiting western provinces and the Kingdom of Poland during an era of intensifying national feeling, this book shows that the Russian government, even at the height of its empire, never came to terms with the question of nationality.

A judicious assessment of extremely complicated ethnic-cultural issues... A welcome contribution.

* International History Review *

Weeks has made comprehensible for twentieth-century, educated Americans how official and unofficial Russia viewed non-Russians in an area of crucial importance for the future of both the tsarist and Soviet empires-Poland, Belorussia, and the western Ukraine.... The study is unquestionably a significant contribution to its field.

-- Edward Thaden, University of Illinois at Chicago

A very fine piece of work. This is a topic of daunting complexity, and Weeks does it justice. He has used a very impressive array of sources, in almost all the relevant languages. His approach is balanced and careful, and his conclusions are thought-provoking.... It will be a major contribution to our understanding of nationalism in Eastern Europe.

-- Sam Kassow, Trinity University

Theodore R. Weeks is Associate Professor of History at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and is the author of Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia.

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ISBN 13	9780875809861
ISBN 10	0875809863
Title	Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia
Author	Theodore R Weeks
Series	Niu Series In Slavic East European And Eurasian Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Year published	2008-02-13
Number of pages	310
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